Check Point Advisories

EMC AutoStart ftAgent.exe Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities (CVE-2012-0409)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-406
Date Published:	14 Oct 2012
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 21 November, 2024
Source:	CVE-2012-0409
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75
Who is Vulnerable?	EMC AutoStart prior to 5.4.3
Vulnerability Description	Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been reported in EMC AutoStart.
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerabilities are due to a failure while validating user provided values. A remote attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a specially crafted message to the target EMC AutoStart service. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target or cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to send malicious messages to the server.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the EMC AutoStart ftAgent.exe Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation
Attack Information: EMC AutoStart ftAgent.exe Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities